Tap tap tap FWOOSH!!... SLAMM!
"Give It Back! You Little Thieving Sh**!!"
Cackle... Bang!
A bolt of lightning strikes, causing a explosion of flames and dust. Amidst the explosion, light shines on a blade as the dust was blown away with a sweep before revealing a empty crater on the ground.
The next second, the shine vanishes, appearing right in Conrad's face and heading straight for his neck. He dodges, unlocking two of his key slots to strike back with a swirling cannon of flames and ash, hitting the attacker away while he extending his hand forward.
"Key Magic... Thousand slotted armory..."
Two key holes appear on Conrad's arms, opening two palm sides gates within his palm. He rushes forward while spinning his body, grabbing two short swords from gates mid spin and struck.
Krkkkrk!
Sparks fly as swords collide, a onyx gem like blade clashing against the sharp edge of metal as two people glare into each other's eyes.
"You don't deserve that blade! Give it back!" Conrad roars and presses harder but still didn't bulge his opponent a inch.
"Oh really?" Asta smirks "Then what about you...? Someone like you... Who gave up on their morals for vengeance, doesn't deserve it either."
Clang!
Asta parries Conrad while still glaring into his eyes and says " I have fought you before... Try everything you can buy your attacks will never reach me, never again."
With a swift slash from the side, Asta forces Conrad to block. The block opened up a gap in his posture that was guardee by mana, however That alone was enough of a opening for Asta to notice a opportunity.
He momentarily lets go of Elsdocia, tossing it straight towards his enemy who grabbed it without hesitation. The former wizard kingdom was then struck by a spinning elbow to his left side, flying away from the absurd strength Asta's Half devil body put into it.
Conrad rolls, flipping multiple times in the air like a wheel before he was slammed into a house. His body broke through the wooden walls, heading straight out on the other side, eventually landing on his own feet, blood flowing from the corners of his mouth as slid back while leaving a trail on the ground, stopping soon after.
"Who are you...? I don't remember someone like you being one of Julius's faction."
"... Isn't that a wierd question to ask when you came to my village...? *Shrugs* Well whatever it is... I can't let you leave soon since you caused a mess for me."
Conrad raises his eyebrow in confusion, wondering what Asta meant by his words before noticing his finger pointed at Damnatio's body.
"You killed this guy, didn't you?" Asta says, "You killed a whole delegation from the noble side. The king will surely find this as an excuse to blame Commoners and peasant and I can't have that."
... Whoosh!
The whistle wind overtook the voices, a vortex of harsh winds gathering around Conrad as his face turns as emotionless as possible while looking forward.
"What about it?"
Conrad raises Elsdocia, sending his mana through it as he tries to manifest a blade projection. "For a perfect world to exist... Everything will be destroyed whether it's now or later... DIE!!"
Crack...
"
"The only one dying here... Is you."
The echo in Asta's voice spon reaches Conrad. His pose as stiff as a statue as he collapses to the floor. Elsdocia was still in his hand, but his reflex and inability to sense Anti-magic stopped him from noticing the Onyx colour of its blade that hasn't changed ever since it left Asta's hand.
"Why... WHY IS IT—"
" Anti-magic." Asta said as he begans walking closer to Conrad. "I converted every bit of mana in Elsdocia to Anti-magic while we fought. I can't defeat someone like a wizard king in a frontal fight right now, but your habit of waving around that sword lead to your defeat."
Meanwhile inside Asta's head, " I WON!! THE GAMBLE WORKED! Now I just have to hope the other wizard kings don't attack or else I am dead meat! "
As he nervously looked at the other three wizard kings who were looking down, not bothering to move, Asta felt like he was standing on a collapsing bridge held together by a string of luck.
The Anti-magic that he converts isn't necessarily under his control. There is a bunch of requirements like a infusing a lot of ki and intent and range of his control and the Anti-magic in the Elsdocia wasn't the least bit under his control. The converted Anti-magic is also purely nullification and lacks the power to convert other mana to Anti-magic and rather destroys it like Asta did in the past instead unless he imbues it with his ki.
His mana/Anti-magic reserves were also practically none existent at the moment and the same could be said for his ki which didn't amount to more than 0.5% of his total capacity.
Right now, he was mimicking the bland face Yuno makes to bluff his way through and luckily for him, it was working.
He looked at the Anti-magic rampaging through Conrad's body, tearing his mana circuits to bits and pieces so there was no danger of him using Doom's gate and unleashing the meteor. The wizard king was as defenseless as he could be, but Asta didn't want to kill him.
" I don't like taking risks when it comes to my friends... *squats down* but, I will give you a choice." Asta said contad while he takes away Elsdocia from his hand. "How about we have a talk, all four of you former wizard kings and me? "
_________
"What the hell happened here?"
"How the heck will I know? You have any idea, silver brat?"
"Not in the slightest."
Two of the strongest people in clover kingdom argued while looking at overwhelming amount of destruction spread around the landscape of Hage.
It was none other than Nozel and Mereoleona, the two representatives sent as reinforcements from two of the Royal houses. However the sight in front of them was enough to make both of them frown in annoyance.
"First that barrier and now this... Just who has the strength to ambush the Royal guards of all people?" Nozel put a finger his chin, pondering his own question.
Meanwhile Mereoleona walked forward while talking to him, "-Dont go wasting time on imagination. Just ask those guys- *points at villagers and guards that survived* you can handle the talking right?"
Sigh.
Nozel sighs, reluctantly heading towards the villagers knowing he can't argue with a muscle head like the kingdom's flaming Lionness. So he left Mereoleona to herself and her thoughts and instead Turned to the guards himself.
"What happened here?"
"Captain Nozel! " The guards finally noticed him and offer a salute. "Why ar—"
"-Stop with exquisites... Tell me what happened here instead."
The guards immediately fell silent, many even starting to shake out of fear and trauma. Not one of the guards could say anything, their pathetic states receiving a pitiful gaze from Nozel who turned to the villagers instead.
He turns to a women with a child nearby, and says,"Can you tell me anything?"
However the women didn't speak, only walking back from him when he tried to approach her.
There was visible doubt and hostility in her eyes, not just hers but rather every villager was looking at Nozel with hostility.
Whrook... Bang.
A small pebble falls to the ground after being blocked by Nozel's mana skin. He averts his gaze into the general direction, finding a bunch of kids with rocks in their hands.
"Go back to you Capital, You Royal bastard!"
"You people have no place in our village! "
"Leave! Leave! Leav- oupph. "
The kids were soon silenced by their parents and carried away, leaving Nozel standing there in awkward silence.
However the cold face of Nozel didn't change, he didn't show it but inside he was frustrated at the state the kingdom has came to.
Unable to get any information, he turns his back to the villagers and prepared to leave to himself investigate. However a voice interrupted him.
"It was the wizard king."
It was father Orsi, his priest clothes dragging behind him as he made his way towards Nozel despite the gaze of the villagers.
"You must captain Nozel, right? The older brother of Noelle from Asta's squad?"
"I am... What about it?"
Nozel saw Father Orsi let out a gasp of relief. He matched Asta's background as he knew with Orsi clothes, connecting the dots subconsciously to summarize who was in front of him.
"Are you that brat's—"
"Indeed... You see.The villagers were almost assaulted by the guards just now. We would have been dead if the wizard king didn't interrupt them."
"Julius did?"
"No. It was Former wizard king, Conrad Leto."
Father Orsi's words shocked Nozel, causing his poker face to shake for a second. He immediately wanted to inquire further but a certain human Lionness popped her head out from behind and asked first.
"Conrad? That guy who Julius sealed?"
"Yes. It was really him... Actually it was not just him, rather there was four wizard kings, all together."
The statement blew away Nozel's expression, leaving him flabbergasted while stimulating Mereoleona's fighting spirit.
"Where are they!?" She asked quickly, " I wanna fight them! All of them! "
Tap
Nozel puts his hand Mereoleona's shoulder, " We are... Not gonna right them. You might have a dead wish but I don't. We are going back to the capital."
"Aww... Wait! How about I go and make sure they have lef—"
"NO!" Nozel grumbles with dissatisfaction. " We are not fighting four wizard kings. You understand me?"
"But—"
"No Buts! Maybe I will spare you the reporting duty if you stop that craving of yours right now."
"Okay okay Fineee... Geez, even a old lady doesn't nag that much."
Disheartened from restrictions Nozel threw at her, Mereoleona eventually just went to the side and began punching a few trees. She destroyed them into splinters one by one, taking out her frustration as she felt a great battle escape her grasp.
She left the talking to Nozel, instead falling into her imagination of the battle that she would have against the wizard kings and smiles brighter than ever.
" Wizard king or not! *punches tree* I hope they are strong! "
__________
"I hope the strongest people in the kingdom don't mind sitting in the grass." Asta says as he lays down onto the boulder.
"I don't mind. " Princia complied.
"Its better than a suffocation of the Royal Palace... By a lot." Commented Edward.
"Been a long time since I had a free moment, don't bother me." Jester declared as he immediately jumps into greenery.
Meanwhile, The wizard king Conrad was sitting to the side, restrained by a thorny vines casted by Mimosa who stood there nervously shaking alongside Klaus.
As it turns out, The other three wizard kings saw no merit on ganging up against a 18 year old and came along willingly if anything else, they were more curious of the reason Asta asked them to come even through he beat Conrad up. ( Note: Asta was 18 during the paladin war)